Famous quotes containing the words nicholas and/or francis:
“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“Charlie don’t surf!”
—John Milius, U.S. screenwriter, Francis Ford Coppola (b. 1939)